(This is a ROTTMNT story with FluffyFrog! She’ll continue the story on her page.)

Let’s try this again.” Leo said, waving his Katanas in the air. Mikey bounced excitedly from foot to foot while Donnie poked at the pizza on the counter.

“Are you _sure_ this will work?” Hope asked, crossing her arms and tapping her foot to the sewer floor.

Leo flashed a toothy grin her way, his katanas gleaming under the dim sewer light. ‘Sure I’m sure!’ he said, his laughter cutting through the stale air as he slashed the portal open. A glowing blue circle shimmered, casting flickering shadows across their faces.

The portal flashed purple for a second, shimmering and flickering across the room. Donnie adjusted his goggles, glancing at the faintly flickering portal. “Hmm. Odd. The dimensional resonance is unstable…must’ve been a glitch. Or something more..?”

Suddenly, out of the portal fell a gray bat mutant, his velvety gray-brown ears covering his face. He had a tattered tank-top on and pants with neon patchings. The group gasped, crowding around the unconscious boy. Raph began to lift him up to a table, and Mikey fanned him. Hope stared at the bat, feeling sorry and suspicion rising.

“Oh gosh.” Hope said, her eyes widening. What were they to do?

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_“Where am I?”_

Charlie’s rubbed his face, a dull ache throbbing through his body. He blinked, his eyes adjusting to the light of them room he was now in. His wings were sore and stiff, and his heart pounded against his chest. Suddenly, he found himself face to face with the most beautiful girl he had ever met. With short, blonde hair and darker skin, she radiated beauty. He wasn’t around humans much, but he found himself drawn to this one. But with his keen senses, he could immediately feel that she wasn’t a huge fan of him.

She jumped back, her short hair bouncing with her quick movement. Charlie’s velvety gray ears swished side to side as he looked around the place, his gaze lingering on the girl. Suddenly, it dawned on him; this was just like _his _home.

He then glanced at the figures standing next to the girl, and realized they looked just like his friends. The blue one resembled Leo, but with way less stripes then his. The orange one; Mikey for sure. But his Mikey had tons of spots. The two resembling Donnie and Raph looked almost the same to his friends, but Donnie appeared to be extra grumpy.

“Who are you…uh, _what _are you?” The girl questioned, raising a brow quizically. Charlie gulped, fiddling with his claws, his eyes darting around nervously and his face heating up slightly.

“My name is Charlie.” He said, standing up and spreading his wings slightly to stretch. His outgoing nature was beginning to appear, and he didn’t feel so shy. “I’m a fruit bat mutant.”

Donnie’s eyes sparkled, and he immediately came forward, examining Charlie’s wings and ears. “Fascinating…” he mumbled, putting on his goggles. “How far can you fly with this large of a wingspan?”

Charlie tilted his head, chuckling. It was embarrassing, but he had never really even tried to fly. “I don’t know.” He said. “I’ve never tried, I guess..”

That caused Donnie to grin, a determined expression appearing. “Then we’ll have to soon! I’m sure you’ll love it!” With that, the spiny soft-shell hurried off, probably going to draw some sketches of wings and papers on how to fly.

Mikey then stepped forward, and Charlie resisted the urge to just pick up the little turtle mutant. He loved hanging out with his Mikey, and he hoped to become friends with this one.

Mikey opened his mouth to speak, but the girl (Hope, is what Charlie realized her name was from overhearing Leo talking to her) immediately cut him off.

“Well, imma go with your from another dimension. So what’s it like?” She asked curiously, seeming interested. “Well, it’s a lot like this one…uhm..do you guys have a evil Fox Yokai who wants to kill you too? He’s like, super tall, old, and a silver fox. He has a major grudge against mutants because some mutant killed his wife…” Charlie said nervously, his huge ears twitching. Leo and Mikey exchanged glances, before shaking their heads. “Nope…?”

Charlie then let out a relieved sigh. “Phew. We’ll then, that’s the only major difference between our worlds.”

Mikey’s eyes lit up. “Cool! So it’s like, an alternate universe?!” He grinned, his stubby turtle tail wagging. Charlie shrugged, nodding as he messed with his tank-top collar. “Yeah, I guess. I really,t had no idea there were any other universes.”

Mikey nodded, and began to blab on and on about the different dimensions and stuff, before moving on to the villains they face. While he and Charlie talked, Hope pulled Leo to the side, glancing around skeptically.

“I don’t trust that guy,” she muttered, her gaze narrowing on the fruit bat as he fiddled with his tank-top collar. Something about his sudden arrival—and the way his eyes darted around like he was hiding something—made her skin crawl. Then again, she might just be overreacting. He wasn’t always overly keen on males…

Leo shook his head, chuckling. “He seems nice enough. And I think he likes you~! Didn’t you see how red he got?” The red-slider teased, elbowing Hope and causing her to laugh and poke him back. But she couldn’t help but flush at the comment.

Hope glanced back at Charlie, his velvety gray ears twitching as he laughed at Mikey’s jokes. For a moment, her chest tightened—not with suspicion this time, but something she didn’t like. He hated him and wanted to squeeze him at the same time. It was infuriating. Especially since she knew her heart belonged to Leo…but then again—No. He’s just a visito from another dimension….Right?

Raph, having been quiet the enter time, spoke up, resting his large, scaly hands on the two’s shoulders. He had been watching Charlie very closely. “I don’t know, Leo.” He said, staring skeptically at the bat. “He seems pretty scrawny. What if this is all some trick, and he’s a spy?”

The room fell silent after Raph’s comment, his words lingering. Charlie’s ears twitched as he caught the tail end of the conversation, his excellent hearing betraying him. His wings instinctively folded tighter against his body as if protecting him.

“Spy? Me? No way! I couldn’t possibly ever do such a thing! Besides, I’m much too small.” Charlie joked, lifting painted claws in mock surrender. His bright smile didn’t quite reach his eyes, and he looked to Mikey for backup.

Mikey nodded enthusiastically, wrapping an arm around Charlie’s shoulders like they were life-long buddies. “I believe him! He’s so sweet and squishy! He couldn’t hurt a fly if he tried!” Mikey giggled, squishing Charlie’s face and speaking in a baby voice. Charlie flushed at the sudden contact, but chuckled. This Mikey was just as affectionate as his.

The others nodded, all seeming to agree accept Hope and Raph. Something just felt to her about Charlie, and Raph fed off of her emotions. Maybe it was just paranoia, but the whole incident seemed rather strange.

The others gathered around Charlie, talking with him about their alternate dimension selves and his relationships with them. They were fascinated to find out that there were more mutants, like John, Dawn, Trixie…the turtles found themselves wanting to meet the friendly fruit bat’s comrades. Hope and Raph strayed from the conversation, walking off to another area.

“We should keep an eye on him.” Hope told Raph when they were finally away from the others. Raph nodded, his shell glinting in the dim sewer light. “I agree, best be careful when it comes to newbies-“

“You two!” Leo’s voice called from the kitchen. “Come quick! We have a new visitor! Sh-she fell through some random portal! Imma need some help moving her!”

Hope’s head spun. Another person? Maybe it was from the same dimension as Charlie? And isn’t Don mention the portal being off? What if it’s a loophole, and more and more mutants will be released from that dimension. If so, what were they to do..?

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I had so much fun writing this! I hope it was ok, and that you enjoyed it, Fluffy! If you need me to change anything, I can.

Tbh the person who fell through the portal was Dawn ✨